United States-Poland Preview

It has been almost two months since the US has played when they lost 2-0 to Brazil in August. Today, they square off with Poland in Chicago. The last time these two teams squared off the United States demolished them

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Euro 2012 Qualifying: Italy Held By Northern Ireland And Ireland Comeback Falls Short

There were a couple of surprises today in the Euro qualifying with the biggest surprise being Serbia suffering a home defeat to Estonia 3-1 despite Serbia taking the lead from a Nicolas Zigic goal. Montenegro defeated Switzerland while Armenia defeated

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Premier League: September Offensive And Defensive Efficiencies

This is the final look at statistics this week where I take a look at the Premier League through the end of September. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (Min) Arsenal 4.4568 2.9046 53.85 Aston Villa 2.7119 3.2787 44.25 Birmingham

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Euro 2012 Qualifying: A Look At Round 3 Of Games

Qualifying continues today as the third round of games start up. There are a two games on Saturday, but the rest are today. There are a couple of good games with the rivalry match between Germany and Turkey being the

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La Liga: September Offensive And Defensive Efficiencies

I will take a look at with the efficiency statistics of La Liga in this post. Here are the results and observations. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (Min) Almeria 1.4870 1.7316 48.42 Athletic Bilbao 3.5556 2.5455 40.50 Atletico Madrid

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Liverpool Sale Imminent

This is a bit late, but the big news in club football in England is the sale of Liverpool FC to New England Sports Ventures (NESV). The sale is not quite final and will not be until next week, as

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Bundesliga: September Offensive And Defensive Efficiencies

Here is the third part as I look at the statistics in the Bundesliga where surprise team Mainz is topping the table with Bayern Munich struggling in the middle of the table. Here are the stats and observations. Team Off

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Major League Soccer: Gameweek 29 Preview

The season is reaching its end and the playoff picture is beginning to become clearer. There are six teams battling for the final three playoff spots. Chicago, Toronto FC, and Kansas City are on the outside looking in and need

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Serie A: September Offensive And Defensive Efficiencies

Here is the second part of my look at the league statistics where I will take a similar look at Italy’s Serie A. Below is the table of statistics followed by some quick observations. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession

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Ligue 1: Offensive And Defensive Efficiences Through September

Another month has passed and I have updated the statistics for the leagues. The first league I will look at will be Ligue 1 in France. The statistics do not include the past weekend’s games and only the results through

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